Stories from the Road

Christmas is one of my favorite seasons, because it’s a season of transformation. Delabitated, but quaint, little town squares are transformed to winter wonderlands. Store windows entice with massive trees, glitter, and decorations to echo the nostalgia of years ago. Schedules are crammed ...

I need to write. I need to talk about what a crazy two months it’s been. I need to vent about how hard it was to leave behind my friends and my family and my dog, move to a foreign country, and design a new life for myself with little more than the contents of a single packed suitcase. I ...

November: a month of seasonal transition. In the South, the leaves are finally dying, gracing the ground with their kaleidoscopic presence. The air exhales its final few heavy-with-moisture breaths. The chunky-knit sweaters come out of their hiding places deep in dark closets. The hot, ...

Not a lot of words today come to mind for my monthly column, today, potentially the first time in a while. I will say, though, that I’ve been doing a lot of living, lately, and I’m spending a lot of time outside. Fresh air + familiar landscapes are wonderful, and I urge you all to ...

Shannon’s perspective on life as detailed in her monthly columns often feels like reading the flip side of my own mind. We live on opposite sides of the United States, we followed different career paths post-graduation, and we haven’t seen in each other in person in over two years, and yet when ...

Last month, it felt like everyone I knew was traveling around Europe. My parents went to Italy, Devinne moved to Spain, two of my best friends from exchange visited our old stomping grounds in Germany….I couldn’t go on Facebook or Instagram without seeing half a dozen photos ...

It’s an old saying that you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone, and the same goes for your hometown when you move away. Moving from Raleigh, a mid-size area of a million people, to DC, the nation’s capital full of six million people, is a jump in and ...

By Devinne Zadravec It has been a hectic and draining couple of weeks. Between work, my visa application, farewells to friends, and general planning and organizing for my own fast approaching, overseas journey, I’ve hardly had a spare moment to enjoy the few remaining days of summer. ...

Summer is traditionally a time marked by transience, from youth onward. As soon as the school year ends, you’re off on new adventures of your own choosing – your backyard, a friend’s house, a family vacation. As you grow older the adventures change; you have part time jobs or ...

If you read back through our editors’ columns, you’ll notice one very noticeable theme that weaves through all of our lives–moving. This summer alone, Kate moved to D.C., Alysha moved back to Phoenix, Devinne will soon be moving to Spain…and I moved across town. I know, ...